Another View on the Role of Photosynthetic Pigments in Taxonomy of Oxygenic-Phototrophic Bacteria: Proposed Rejection of the Order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986 (Emend. Burger-Wiersma, Stal, and Mur 1989), the Family Prochloraceae Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986, and the Family Prochlorotrichaceae Burger-Wiersma, Stal, and Mur 1989

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